Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2016-12-07, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Your problem is that the box seems to have not been updated in a >> long while. That is always tricky. > That's putting it mildly. Gentoo works far, far better if you update > frequently. On most systems I update a couple times a week. Those > systems have been mostly trouble free for many, many years.
Problem: -> Updating weekly, as I used to do is a Good Idea, Agreed. -> Updating frequently pulls in Nvidia Drivers. -> Nvidia Drivers is seldom compatible with stale kernel versions. -> It doesn't appear that updating the kernel module on the fly is easy or possible for a number of reasons. --> The commands for bumping live kernel modules is obscure and/or difficult. --> X11 would probably need to be shut down two which is equivalent to a reboot on a desktop system anyway. Solution: Attempt to determine a schedule for updates that is still acceptably frequent without being annoying. In this case, it was 2 months... Two Short, Measily, Stinking Months.... =| -- Strange Game. The only winning move is not to play. Powers are not rights.
